 Larijani's tenure as the Chief Justice Of Iran ended on March 7, 2019, when the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed Ebrahim Raisi to succeed him.Shortly after his appointment, Larijani appointed Saeed Mortazavi to the post of deputy prosecutor general of Iran.Mortazavi was prosecutor general of Tehran for more than seven years during which he was involved in murdering and torturing a number of Iranian civilians and activists.